Do you have any favorite grays?

@martinetomsett7788

3 жыл бұрын

Paynes Grey is my favourite..... Still learning to use it to its full potential so am luving these videos 🙂

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

It's an amazing colour!

@liamwatson5125

3 жыл бұрын

In the Studio with Michele Webber Payne’s gray of course.

@ladygwen3245

3 жыл бұрын

I like Jane’s grey but haven’t mixed it.

@liamwatson5125

3 жыл бұрын

Lady Gwen It’s Payne’s grey, not Jane’s grey.

Just beginner & working on how to make grey’s as only have Payne’s grey & times need a warmer or less bluish color. Tyvm!!

Thank you. It’s going to take a lot more experimentation on my part to get the hang of the different greys. I just swatched Lunar black and Neutral tint. I can’t wait to try them out in shadows. I may even do a “value study” using these very colors. Nothing like a good challenge…and it would be.

Oh I needed this so badly. Brilliant. Thank you so very much.

Rewatched this three times ...mikelle art mom✍👩‍🎨🎨

Lovely I had no idea how versatile these grays can be just by blending with another color. How these are used for so many different kinds of paintings. I again learned so much from you and the different brands you used.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Connie!

So I noticed that you didn’t have Daniel Smith’s Jane’s Gray. I have that & Paynes Grey. Thanks for sharing this wonderful information with us.

I agree with Annette! You can't get enough mixing videos. Paynes Gray is my favorite. Many thanks!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Lots more coming up!

Thanks Michele love these color mixing videos. I make swatch charts and note the color mixes so I can reference them. 🙂💜👍

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

Thank you so much for helpful and clear instruction

I love your colour mixing videos! I usually prefer bluish greys like Payne’s Grey or Indigo, watered down, or my own mixes, like Ultramarine with Burnt Sienna. I recently bought a Neutral Tint (Lukas 1862) that leans more towards purple, so it would be interesting to see mixes and applications for more purplish greys, like the stormy sky you mentioned.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

Very useful video, so thanks Michele. I like Payne’s gray and got Davy’s gray after watching another of your great videos. I’ve used Davy’s gray on one of my cat portraits for a lovely effect on it’s fur. After watching your wonderful tutorials I’ve also gotten dip pens and gum Arabic, none of which I had ever even given a thought to prior. “Must get what Michele shows me” (read in a robotic voice effect). Lol. 😂

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I shall try not to talk you into a full set of Daniel Smith then!

@aliciashackley5830

3 жыл бұрын

In the Studio with Michele Webber No no. You keep talking /teaching. I’m listening and hopefully learning. Lol. Yay you Michele. 🥰

Stunning.... Great video.❤

Thanks for this - very informative. Particularly liked the nudge in the right direction to get the brick type color - it seems there are very few color combos I've found that make a realistic brick color. Also, the color combos are nothing I would've ever thought of to mix on my own, so Thanks!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

Thanks for the color mixing videos. I have much to learn!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

Very informative! Thanks!😊

Very valuable information!

Grest video- Thank you for takk a bit about the usefulness of certain grays. You have helped me broaden my appreciation for mixing new colors with grays to get useful new colors.👍

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

Paynes grey I think I would use a lot. 💖💖👌🏻👌🏻

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

I love Paynes grey!

@poke_n_around

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched both videos now. I’m astonished how so many variations one can make with colours such as reds and pinks. Am loving watching colour theory in action. Thank you Michele. 🙏🏻💖💖

I love the pearlescent gray with green. I am getting ready to paint a hummingbird and I think this will work wonderfully.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds exciting!

@appleknocker56

Жыл бұрын

Just learning how to make grey’s w colors never thought could! One have (no pigment info has more of a greenish, grey look & thought where would that color work as is more warm grey & thinking background foliage? Pearlescent on a hummingbird will shine so pretty!

Thank you for these extremely informative colour mixing videos.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Thanks for this video. As a beginner I have found gray challenging, but since I live on the California coast, I really want to explore the nuances of fog and mist. This gives me some new things to try!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Thank you so much Michelle ! As a beginner, I knew only Paynes grey! Beyond the fact that your video is very useful and clear as usual, I spent a nice and cool moment watching this explanation! .... as usual too ! 😉🙏

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad!

Michele amazing detail in this video, being a beginner it's something I struggle with. Greatly appreciated keep up your good and detailed videos.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

Thank you very much, I really needed this demonstration.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Wonderful, i have not been very creative with my greys, i will definitely try the irridescent colours mixed. I Look Forward to the next greys instruction. Thank you .

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome!

I've just discovered Hudson River school and I'm all fired up over those misty colors - color mixing is looming large in my life right now and this tutorial is very helpful for those greys! and that DS moonstone is amazing!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is! The Jackman's Silver is stunning too, it just doesn't show on camera!

This was quite an informative video for me. Ive been struggling mixing greys. Davy’s grey is something i could use more.. Looking forward to part 2.:-) You explain very well.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

'Rather gothic' I love that description!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

I love gothic things!

I have found that I really love Daniel Smith's Titanium Gray and have found all kinds of uses for it. Not a traditional grey at all, it is more the color of cement. I also like and use the Payne's Blue Gray which I think it a little bluer than what you used here.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Paynes gray can vary a lot between brands! :-)

Love it... TY TY

My favorite gray is Gray Titanium by Daniel Smith. It’s very unique as it’s made with white pigment only!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Haven't tried that one!

I have Payne's and Davy's grey, but have not 'adjusted' them very often. Your video provides a wealth of ideas for experimenting with them. Usually I mix UB and Bt.S to varying degrees for a warm or cool grey. The shimmer greys you introduced are certainly intriguing! Looking forward to the next video in the series.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks it's up tomorrow :-)

Very inspiring!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks Michele

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Any time!

Timely vid. I have been playing around with mixing greys and neutrals. Not boring at all, actually quite interesting! I use a 24 color sonnet set. Been experimenting with pulling colors toward neutral by mixing their complimentaries in. The lamp black in the set (actually a 3 pigment mix) makes a very nice grey when mixed with ultramarin blue.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Ultramarine makes amazing greys!

Thanks for these Michelle, I live in Australia and I use a lot of ochre, sienna, reds and greys in my landscapes

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much the opposite of the UK then :-)

Some interesting combinations here Michele - thanks for showing us. I usually mix my greys - Ultramarine and Burnt Umber, but I do have Neutral Tint with me when sketching outdoors - just makes it a bit quicker when dodging Welsh showers.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

I need to get some neutral tint. Does it rain in Wales? ;-)

@raybeaumont7670

3 жыл бұрын

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Does it ever NOT?

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

@@raybeaumont7670 😆

Thank you for this video on grays! 😊 can you please show us how to mix lovely shades of pinky blush / dusky pink. Thank you

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion! Will add it to my list :-)

@hardipsandhu1718

3 жыл бұрын

In the Studio with Michele Webber thank you! ☺️

Michele - I am a beginner and having so many greys is expensive and confusing. Can I use cool primary and warm primary to mix greys. Thanks for your input! I love watching your videos.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

I have several Payne’s Grey tubes, I like the Sennelier version the best so far. I mainly mix blues with Burnt Umber or Burnt Sienna for my greys. Waiting on my tube of Davy’s grey to get here. I’m struggling to get a shadow color on a rose that is between a cherry red and coral color. Everything looks really unnatural so far, but your tip looks good!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Often with a pink flower it's just a darker shade of pink, or even add a tiny bit of blue

@starr-starr

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michele, I tried mixing Quinacridone Red with Permanent Magenta PR122- that worked great to give me a darker, cooler pinky red that worked great for the shadow areas. Fantastic!

I'm curious what would you use those shimmer colors for.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

I think they are less for realism and more for fantasy, pattern and stylised work. I sometimes add them to backgrounds of floral paintings, but they could be used subtly for water and animals too. Many birds and fish have shiny colours! And of course craft projects like Christmas cards!

Experimenting with mixing my own bluey black with ultramarine, alizarin crimson & cadmium yellow, when watered down it made a gorgeous bluey pigeon grey. I love pigeon greys & the slightly browner dove greys. The one you mixed using iridiscent moonstone with ultramarine was superb. Which basic grey would you start with to mix with flesh colours for face shading? PS I really appreciate your breaking your videos now into segments on the time line, really helps!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that's good Susan, I love the name pigeon grey, I have to make a colour with that name! Regarding faces, as skintones are a mixture of three primaries, I would mix my grey from the same mix but heavier on the blue. Or otherwise mix from colours already used within the painting :-)

@susanhamilton3212

3 жыл бұрын

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber I'd be really chuffed if you did add that to your range! Thank you for the advice on the face shading mix, it makes perfect sense.

Jane’s Grey and Neutral Tint.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I thought of Jane's grey, don't have any at the moment. Neutral tint, of course great idea!

PS In case I haven’t told you my trick for shimmering paint…just SLIGHTLY because a teeny bit goes a LONG way: Kuretake SUMI silver and gold “calligraphy ink”. A teeny bit of gold into a darker warm green? 🥰. When I say teeny, I start by adding just a dot from the tip of one of my smallest brushes. The silver is as vibrant as the gold and also just takes a tiny dab for beautiful effects-in white gouache for snow or stars; in my gray for the shimmer of hummingbird wings. In Blue for the breast color of local hummingbirds. I’ve never been really fond of using shimmery paints, and had the inks to do calligraphy couplets for holidays and special events. One day I was mixing a darker green for a landscape that had shimmery flowers in the distance, almost glowing from the reflection of the sunlight..so, I tried my gold ink. My friend says these 2 metallics are the most vibrant she’s ever used….then she cussed me out because she started using them for a lot of her paintings and went through 4 jars in a month. 😂🤷🏼‍♀️. Her wonderful hubby showed me pictures of all the black white & silver, red & gold, blue and silver, etc (she loves very limited palette abstracts)…abstracts she’s got all around their home now

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip! If I want strong metallic I have a couple of Acrylics, they are always stronger than watercolor and can be placed on top :-) I haven't tried the inks though...

I have random grey when I wash all the leftover colors on my palette into one corner. It's actually kind of fun to paint with.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

I do this too!

@erickeller162

3 жыл бұрын

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber I'm glad I'm not the only one that does this. I just recently got back into painting after 30 some years of not. After I left school I just stopped. A lot of the things I was taught then are slowly coming back to me now and it's a joy to rediscover that passion. So, I guess thank the quarantine for that, at least.

Those pearlescent colours are amazing! You can see them on the brush..... the camera really didn't do them justice. (Not your fault either - because I think it's next to impossible to show them off via video) But I think those would be absolutely amazing on xmas themes for cards etc....

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea, people have been asking for tutorials on the shimmer colours and I wasn't sure what to do. Christmas cards would be perfect!

Frankly I love gray paint. It’s a good cheat for light and shade, and then I can apply a colour on top, but it wouldn’t work for watercolour because it would turn into mud.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

3 жыл бұрын

It can, yes!

Hi Michelle when r u having your art display comming up sorry i dont know display is the right word it was in one of ur recent emails. Many thanks Miriam

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

2 жыл бұрын

Do you mean an exhibition Miriam because I don't have any planned. I do have some courses planned, send me an email if you are interested, just reply to any of my emails.

Oh I needed this video so badly. Brilliant. Thank you so very very much.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!